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The Media Roundup provides links to recent and archived articles, in both English and French, on immigration and diversity appearing in the national and local news. Some international content is also included. Articles are updated weekly.
La Cité universitaire de l’Université de Regina avance qu’elle est dépendante de la Chambre de commerce de Paris pour une grande partie du prix de l’examen TEF, un test de compétences linguistiques obligatoire pour les immigrants qui veulent obtenir leur citoyenneté canadienne.
Vingt-six organismes franco-ontariens se préparent à accueillir les réfugiés syriens qui auraient besoin de leurs services. Ils demandent la mise en place d’un continuum d’identification et de prise en charge depuis les camps jusqu’à l’accueil et au référencement.
In a last-minute drive to assure European Union partners that it is getting to grips with a mass influx of refugees, Greece released aerial photographs on Tuesday of new registration centers for migrants on its northern Aegean islands. The move is part of Athens’ efforts, ahead of an EU summit starting on Thursday, to rebuff criticism by Germany and other EU governments that it has done too little to manage the flow of hundreds of thousands of people arriving on its shores.
An ESL program at the Toronto District School Board could soon find itself helping thousands of refugee children from Syria learn English as they build their new lives in the GTA. The Literacy Enrichment Academic Program, or LEAP, is an accelerated ESL initiative aimed at teaching English to students between Grades 6 and 8. As the board prepares to welcome Syrian refugees, this three-year program could be the first stop for many refugee children.
http://toronto.ctvnews.ca/school-program-could-help-syrian-refugee-children-learn-english-1.2702152
The government is taking “exceptional measures” to provide welcome kits to Syrian refugees, but the suppliers of goods and services will be kept secret for security reasons. Remi Lariviere, a spokesperson for Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, said procuring the items to welcome 25,000 Syrian refugees is being done as “efficiently and cost-effectively” as possible. But details around costs will not be disclosed.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/syrian-refugees-welcome-kits-1.3363962
The European Union will nearly treble its spending on frontier defence and create a new 1,500-strong rapid reaction force under proposals unveiled on Tuesday to tackle the migration crisis. The plan is aimed at boosting security on Europe’s perimeter while preserving the 26-nation Schengen zone at the continent’s heart, within which people can travel freely across national borders without passport checks.